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mercredi, mars 29, 2006

The Return Of Evanescence

Evanescence (photo by Ros O'Gorman)

by Eve Jenkin @ Undercover

March 29 2006

It seems like hard rock act Evanescence have been taking their sweet time with a follow up to 2003’s 6x platinum “Fallen,” but the band is assuring their fans new material is on its way, it’s just taken a little longer than expected.

The future of Evanescence was left up in the air in late 2003 when the band’s founding member, guitarist and songwriter abruptly left the outfit citing of course “creative differences.” But new guitarist Terry Balsamo was soon recruited by front woman Amy Lee and the pair have been writing music for the yet-to-be-titled sophomore album ever since. “We'll be done mixing next week!” Lee said according to Contactmusic.com. “I can hardly believe it, we've been working on this album for so long. The stuff sounds so good. ... Wow, what a trip this has been.” Lee has previously claimed she would not compromise her art for anything or rush the creative process in any way – hence the slow progression of the new album. The singer/songwriter even penned a track for the “Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” which was knocked back for being too dark for the kid’s flick.

Lee continues: “It's going to be hard to hold this music in all summer. I really want to thank you guys again for being so patient - I know it's gonna be worth it.” The new album is rumoured to hit shelves in August, but an official statement is yet to be released.

Franz Ferdinand Give Song To Fans

Scottish New Wave revivalists Franz Ferdinand have decided to give their fans a very special treat – free copies of their new single “Swallow Smile”.

The band revealed to The Independent that the song, which they recorded during their time in Australia last year, will be awarded to members of the Franz Ferdinand fan club as thanks for all their support. However, the release will be strictly limited to these fan club members, as the band’s next official single is not “Swallow Smile,” but the double A-side “The Fallen/L Wells” released on April 3rd. “Who wants to release one single and have one video, when you can release a double A-side and make three videos?!” exclaim Franz Ferdinand on their official website. But if you’re a little confused as to the three videos part, just listen to the rest of what the band has to say. “You've seen the video for The Fallen, and now it's the turn of the other half of our brand-new single to hit the airwaves. The video for L.Wells is available exclusively on MTV all this week!” They continue, “We're not done yet... a video for b-side Jeremy Fraser is almost finished!”

Wow. So it looks like we can expect a concentrated burst of everything Franz Ferdinand dominating airwaves very soon. Perhaps as a result of this saturation, the band’s latest album “You Could Have It So Much Better” has exceeded the success of its predecessor, reaching #1 on The UK charts and #8 in The States.